If you are a fan of Absolut or Finlandia Vodka in Israel, you may be drinking an imposter. In a raid in Moshav S’dei Uziel this week, thousands of bottles were recovered, bottles waiting for delivery to stores around the country.
Police investigator Yossi Ophir reports the bottles did contain vodka, but not the name brands indicated on the bottle. The main suspect in the case, a 30-year-old male, was released from custody on Tuesday.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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not to mention the kashruth issues involved in “fake” packaging
TOUCHE` NEVE ALIZA WELL DONE
Its no different than most shuls do after we run out of the 300 dollar a bottle Single Malt Scotch. We take the Hamashkeh and put it into the used bottles.
Is nothing sacred?
the real issue should be why is vodka not made from potatoes anymore. not even the kosher le’pesach vodka by our friends in bayonne — theirs is made from “cane sugar”!
vodka traditionally is made from potatoes (because potatoes are the cheapest thing around — cane sugar (esp in the us, which forbids its importation) is one of the most expensive things around.
nevertheless, uinflavorred vodka is schedule A, kosher without a hechsher.
to #5 ephraim: you should be ashamed of yourself — and esp before parshat noach. my shul has a grand kiddush every parshat noach,. to celebrate the invention / discovery of wine. make sure i never step into your shul!
signed — a single malt scotch lover (yes, i visited the distilleries in scotland; there’s also a few decent videos on the distilleries’s web sites)
The actual brand name was אור הלבנה (In English – moonshine)
#7 – if a producer forges a label, can you be certain the product is really pure vodka, and that the bottles and equipment were not really used for something non-kosher
#7 Sorry for the late reply. I too have been on the Classic Malts (Glenkinche, Oban, Dalwhinnie…….) tour. I also bring all the fine single malts to my side of the table. However after we finish, and the shakronim who just want to get their buzz, need something else other than that farshtinkena bourbon, I give them the “refills”.
to #10 neve aliza:
actually, the suingle malts crowd is married people.
to #12 ephraim:
you’re right — those corn juice (others call it bourbon) drinkers are the ones who refill the botties. i stick to my (unmixed) barley juice.
Sammygol, I was not talking to you. As far as I’m concerned there is no such thing as a “Better Bourbon” I also only listed those 3 because they are easy to spell. Talisker, Lagavullin, and the other one which escapes me at this moment, are not in my closet. Glenkinche is my favorite. However now at the present time I am into the 21 year old Balvenie.
Ephraim,
You meant to say that the 21 year old Balvenie is into you.